[lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology

[Carrol Cox]

Don't worry about "orientalism" in this context; it was hauled into the
mix by some jackass trying to be smart, and who had not the slightest
idea himself what he was talking about.

Carrol

shag wrote:
> 
> i'm tired from having to get up at 3:00 in order to do a release during
> maintenance hours. i *still* didn't explain myself: i have never heard
> anyone charge the women's movement with being orientalist in its use of mao.
> 
> another question: is this something applied to the lefttist groups that
> were influenced by mao?
> 
> ------
> i guess i didn't explain myself. i know how orientalism is normally used. i
> have never heard it applied to maoist influences in feminism -- which, from
> my reading, came from the fact that a certain strand of the women's
> movement evolved out of leftist groups influenced by maoism. consciousness
> raising is typically thought to derive from the civil rights movement,
> specifically blacks' use of "rap sessions".
> 
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